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  1. charliebravo77

    Preference points are worthless if you don't use them - WY Trip Recap

    11 years ago I met a stranger from the internet at the end of a dirt road outside Kankakee, Illinois to try hunting for the first real time - enter Kurt. We both had shotguns, it was 4AM in the relative middle of nowhere, what could go wrong? I had wandered around in the woods with a .22 looking...
  2. charliebravo77

    Illinois's Urban Wildlife

    Living in the Chicago area presents many challenges to exploring the outdoors, particularly that there is very little of it available within a reasonable drive. I've been making due lately by photographing whatever critters are around that I can find in either my yard, forest preserves or just...
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    Tikka T1x Multi Task Rimfire .22LR

    Back in November I went out to Nebraska from Chicago to deer hunt and made my usual rest stop in Coralville, IA at Scheels to pick up some ammo and stretch my legs for a bit. To my surprise, when I perused the rimfire rifle rack they had two Tikka T1xs on the shelf, one in .17HMR and one in...
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    FS: Vortex Impact 850 Rangefinder

    I have a brand new Vortex Impact 850 rangefinder I won in a raffle last weekend; already have a Ranger 1000 so up for sale it goes. $185 shipped in the lower 48.
  5. charliebravo77

    I'm on the highway to...

    Hell....'s Canyon. So over the past decade I've been fighting with a Remington 700 SPS trying to make it into an accurate, lightweight, all-weather hunting rifle and it's just been an endless circle of spending money and fits of rage. Its current state is a .30-06 Remington 700 SPS barreled...
  6. charliebravo77

    First Buck; 3 Years in the Making

    So, this trip was 3 years in the making and started with fellow Hunt Talker Flatland Crusoe and I chatting about how to use some extra vacation time in Sep 2015. The Nebraska Sandhills region looked cool as hell, and there were mule deer out there to be had. The first year we were a little in...
  7. charliebravo77

    First Squirrel

    I've been going backwards in my hunting experiences for the most part, starting with deer, pronghorn, ducks and turkeys so I decided to hit the woods this morning for some small game action. After a morning of hiking a bit, sitting for 10-20 minutes listening and looking for squirrels, and...
  8. charliebravo77

    Landscapes of Colorado and South Dakota

    My wife and I just got home from a week-long vacation to Colorado (RMNP, Poudre Canyon, Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak) and swung through Mount Rushmore/Black Hills and the Badlands National Park on the way back. Should have planned an extra day or two there, it's my new favorite place in the...
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    FS: Tenzing TZ 1200 Day Pack - NIB

    Brand new Tenzing TZ 1200 day pack in loden green, brand new in packaging, never used. Specs: http://www.tenzingoutdoors.com/tenzing-packs/whitetail-hunting-packs/tz-1200.html List price is $124.99, looking to get $95 shipped in lower 48, willing to entertain trades and other offers.
  10. charliebravo77

    For Sale: Sitka Flash 20 pack

    Looking to sell my Sitka Flash 20 pack, it's in great condition aside from being used to pack out an antelope last year, so the front of the pack is a little stained. It's the prior generation model, so it has the older style rifle/bow carrier. Stock photo, and one from antelope prep below...
  11. charliebravo77

    Illinois Public Hunting Area Map

    With permission from Big Fin himself... I know most people here probably hunt the Western states predominantly, but I know there's a few of us mid-westerners here too (until I can find a job that takes me west). One of the biggest hurdles with DIY public land hunting is actually identifying...
  12. charliebravo77

    Home on the Range - or - The West has Ruined Hunting for Me

    Finally got around to writing up my experiences hunting in WY. I've only been hunting for 3 years, with this trip having been about 2 years in the making. Definitely something I won't forget, and hope to replicate for years to come. Along the way I've tried to capture my hunts, experiences...
  13. charliebravo77

    The Remington Project | Adventures in DIY Gunsmithing

    I wrote this up for the on again off again blog/site I started, while preparing for my first antelope hunt in a couple weeks. It's a summary of my experiences with my Remington 700, and how I went about DIY/budget improvements to try and turn it into a sub-MOA gun after becoming pretty...

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